Engaging Families to Focus on Intervention Strategies

Young children with disabilities have better outcomes when their families are actively involved in supporting their child’s learning. This session will help Early Interventionists, private therapy providers, and other professionals working with young children with disabilities think about their interactions with the child's family and how those interactions strengthen a family’s ability to support their child’s learning.

In this 90 minute session participants will:

Learn about strategies to increase parent participation in their child’s Early Intervention home visits and/or therapy sessions

Explore possible strategies that can be used to engage a deployed parent in home visits and/or therapy sessions

Observe through video, professionals working with a parent to enhance the parent’s use of effective intervention strategies

Explore the use of tools and strategies that promote reflection on practices being used to engage families

Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, & Virginia participants can obtain a certificate of completion to submit to their credentialing agencies for review for CE credits.

Carol Trivette, PhD earned her degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Child Development and Family Relations. Her research interests focus on identifying evidence-based practices for working with children and families in the areas of responsive parental interactions with their children with disabilities, family-centered practices and family support, and the development of tools and scales to support the implementation of evidence-based practices with fidelity. She is currently an Associate Professor at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.